Bassil Meets Shiite Duo on Govt Deadlock
Head of the Free Patriotic Movement MP Jebran Bassil met at his residence in Bayyadah overnight with senior political aide to Berri, MP Ali Hassan Khalil; political aide to Hizbullah leader Hussein Khalil; and Hizbullah official Wafik Safa.
The discussions reportedly focused on the political and government developments related to the delayed formation process.
The discussions ran in “positive” atmospheres and have tackled the means to ease and facilitate the formation process as per the French initiative, according to Bassil’s press office.
MTV television station said the talks during a “three-hour” meeting focused on “distribution of the entire cabinet portfolios except for one,” and that Speaker Nabih Berri, through Khalil, will relay the atmosphere of the meeting with Bassil to PM-designate Saad Hariri.
The station also said that interlocutors were “surprised” to learn that media outlets reflected “negative” atmospheres about their meeting, although it was “encouraging and still in progress.”
Source: Naharnet
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